Japan's Corporate Connections Create Challenge for U.S. Businesses Series: JAPAN KEIRETSU Series Number: 1/2 From: The Washington Post | Date: October 6, 1991| Author: Paul Blustein | Copyright (null) The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Now that Soviet communism has crumbled and American-style capitalism looms triumphant, let us turn to Page 654 of "The Japan Company Handbook."

On that page can be found a glimpse into a system that is proving a more formidable challenger to the U.S. economic model than communism ever did.

Listed there are the major shareholders of NEC Corp., one of Japan's premier high-tech companies and the world's largest maker of computer chips. And what is striking is how similar most ...